S膩fit膩 castle and rockfalls in the 鈥榙ead villages鈥?of coastal Syria -聽an archaeoseismological study

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• 作者：Mikló ; s Ká ; zmé ; r^a ; ^{mkazmer@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Balá ; zs Major^b ; ^{balazs.major.hu@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Archaeoseismology ; Middle Ages ; Syria ; Rockfall ; Dead Sea Fault
• 刊名：Comptes Rendus Geoscience
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July-August 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：347
• 期：4
• 页码：181-190
• 全文大小：3528 K

文摘

S膩f墨t膩, a crusader fortification in Tart奴s Governorate, coastal Syria, bears major damages of earthquake origin. The tower suffered heavy vibration, which produced fractures across the thick walls, widening the central portion of the building, and causing arch keystones to slide downwards. Apparently a ∼north–south strong motion was responsible for the damages. Further north, at Khirbat al-Qurshiyya, an abandoned village from Late Antiquity, a quarry abounds with fallen blocks. These display displacement predominantly in a northerly direction, suggesting a north–south strong motion. ‘Ayn-Qad墨b, a small village in the Jabal Ans膩riyya ranges, was damaged by a northward-directed rockfall. A contemporary letter testifies to the fact that S膩f墨t膩 donjon was heavily damaged by the AD 1202 earthquake. The Yammouneh Fault, which probably caused the damage, is only 50 km away further south.